Route choices and outcomes below contain spoilers.
Cam is the trash can in Date Everything: meet him through the kitchen bin or the bin beside your office desk. Equip the Dateviators and target the bin. His route revolves around how you speak about his work; a sincere apology opens the way to Love or Friends before a completed Hate ending. For Realization, prepare 70 Smarts, 80 Poise, 80 Empathy, 10 Charm and 10 Sass. Cam location and story
Where to find Cam
In the kitchen, look between the minibar and cabinet; in the office, check the right side of the desk. These are two places to reach the same character. TheGamer's walkthrough reports alternating between both bins during a successful romance, so choosing a different room does not mean starting a separate relationship. Location walkthrough
Pick the bin you can find reliably and concentrate on the conversation. If a nearby object answers instead, check what you targeted before investigating the relationship route. Use the character directory when identifying other objects around the house, or the beginner guide for your first steps.
Follow the apology route to Love
Early conversations involve handing Cam rubbish. Choose responses that respect his interest in it, and apologize when your wording causes offense. Bonus Action documents the encounters leading into reconciliation. Encounter walkthrough
Some dialogue sequences leave you with an insulting response even while pursuing romance. GameRant describes a particularly angry fourth interaction before the subsequent apology opportunity, so that exchange alone does not establish failure. Romance walkthrough
Use the following as checkpoints rather than a transcript to copy without reading:
- Work through the available trash conversation.
- When challenged, accept responsibility instead of blaming Cam for taking offense.
- Return for the apology opportunity after the strained exchange.
- Keep the reconciliation sincere, then choose the romantic response when the conversation branches.
In GameRant's documented sequence, the reconciliation comes on the fifth interaction. Its route proceeds from an admission that the player was wrong into an explicitly flirtatious response. TheGamer also documents reconciling after a day's rest, then expressing romantic interest. A confirming line in its romance path is “Let's do it. Let's get trashy.” Love route
Read the purpose of your response before selecting it: acknowledging harm, dismissing the complaint and flirting are different decisions. If your dialogue differs from this outline, identify which of those decisions the current screen offers instead of assuming every prior choice must have been wrong.
Choose Friends after reconciling
The friendship route uses the same apology setup, then keeps the relationship platonic. GameRant identifies “Shutting up. Thanks for being cool. I like talking to you.” as the friendship response. Choose that branch when your goal is Friends rather than romance. Friendship choice
Decide which outcome you want before entering the reconciliation. That avoids treating a friendly response as a temporary step toward a romantic outcome. Keep a note of the result you actually received if you are working through your collection; the two positive endings matter separately there.
What leads to Hate
Bonus Action describes the Hate route as continuing to insult Cam without apologizing. Its encounter walkthrough repeatedly returns to the same issue: the player demeans the things Cam values, then either accepts responsibility or continues the argument. Hate route and encounters
If you want Love or Friends, choose the repair opportunity while it is available. Check the recorded relationship result instead of inferring a completed Hate ending solely from his tone. Recovery after a completed Hate ending is not confirmed in the sources checked; the documented reconciliation happens before that outcome is finalized.
Do you need 80 Empathy to romance Cam?
The wiki describes 80 Empathy as an optional early apology check, available from the second interaction onward. That can lead directly to Friends or Love. It also describes a later reconciliation during interactions five through seven. Early and later apology routes
Bonus Action advises reaching 80 Empathy before its fifth encounter and recommends high Poise. Those instructions are more restrictive than the optional early check described by the wiki. The sources checked do not establish 80 Poise as a universal romance prerequisite. Treat the number printed beside a current dialogue choice as that choice's requirement, and keep the separate Realization recipe below in view. Alternative walkthrough
Cam's Realization recipe
GameRant and TheGamer agree on the following SPECS requirements. GameRant additionally specifies a Love or Friends relationship before selecting Realization. Recipe and relationship requirement, recipe cross-check
| SPECS category | Required points |
|---|---|
| Smarts | 70 |
| Poise | 80 |
| Empathy | 80 |
| Charm | 10 |
| Sass | 10 |
Compare every category with your current totals. Reaching the two 80-point requirements does not replace the other three. Before choosing the Realization option, review unfinished Cam interactions and collection goals; GameRant warns that this ends the ordinary opportunity to talk to him. The Realization guide covers the broader system.
Collectables and a practical finishing check
TheGamer connects Cam's four collectables to friendship, the 80 Empathy dialogue path, romance, and clearing Jerry's rubbish through the related Celia quest. The wiki gives a more specific clue for the second item: discuss food, music and sleeping before apologizing. That difference matters if the Empathy check alone does not produce the item you expected. Collectable walkthrough, item clues
Before leaving this route, record three things separately: your relationship ending, your missing collectable clue and your SPECS shortfall. Follow the relevant clue rather than repeating a conversation for a different goal. This gives you a clear next action whether you are returning to Cam, continuing Jerry's task or building the stats needed for Realization.